{Judah} 8 Months Old

Judah is now 8 months old! He seemed so much older this month. Judah has been sleeping great, usually from around 8 PM to 7-7:30 AM and taking 2 naps a day (one at morning and one in the afternoon). He loves his bottle and starts smiling and kicking his legs when he sees it.  

He got his first professional pictures taken.

He has started noticing the TV more. More than anything he notices the black and white credits at the end of a show or movie.

Judah outgrew his swing and a bunch of his baby things got put into storage.

Other exciting things: he got his top two teeth, loves all baby food, and could eat puffs all day long. Judah isn't crawling yet, but he finds a way to move from one side of the room to another.

We're starting to see a little bit of separation anxiety (which isn't so fun) but we'll be praying for him to get better about spending time away from us.

Our little boy is growing up!

It's nice to live near a street with lots of cars that go by...he is a true boy who is fascinated by cars!

3 Gifts that Made My Day

This weekend I got to celebrate my first Mother's Day!  Last year may have counted when I was pregnant but this year was so fun to have my little Judah.

Since we were busy celebrating with our mom's on Sunday, Drew and Judah took me out to out to lunch at one of my favorite places on Saturday.  Later on, we watched The Help after Judah went to bed.

And I was happy to get the best 3 Mother's Day gifts I could ask for:

1.  Lots of hugs and kisses from this little guy...

2.  Drew surprised me with a new pair of Toms wedges that I'd had my eye on...


3.  And, we got an update from FedEx!



Our dossier has reached Ghana and has been picked up by the in-country coordinator.



Such a great Mother's Day!

Wait Listed...Round 2

All week, we've been waiting to hear that our dossier has been approved by EAC. We heard from our caseworker last night that our dossier was ready to go and had already been sent to Ghana!

Our official wait list date is May 8, 2012.

We are so happy to have our paper chase over. Now the real waiting begins! I can't wait to hear from our caseworker that she has a referral ready for us...we're hoping for sometime this fall. Of course, this is a pilot program so we will have to wait and see.

Our caseworker and I finalized our child preference this morning: 1 child, either gender, 24-36 months old. I'm really excited to find out whether Jude will have a brother or sister!